Judy: Previously on Zoomorphia!
Nick: Right now, apart from John Silver, we at the ZPD have a new suspect in mammals' disappearance, Peter Pan, a notorious abductor who terrorized Zootopia more than a decade ago. By the way, is it just me, or are Savages the monsters getting weirder and weirder each passing day?
Judy: Point taken, the one from last chapter was sure uncanny.
Nick: They're all purple, glowing eyes, drooling everywhere. Some are so mutated like they leapt off the Cownenberg's films.
Judy: Not that kind of uncanniness! But rather its demeanor… Why in the world that bear Savage hadn't attacked nearby bank robbers until it mutated, then started targeting them?
Nick: But more importantly, let's pick up where we left off! The wolf who helped us beat the monster went too far and killed one of the robbers. That's not cool, especially for a hero. Shall we show him how a true hero should be, Carrots?
Judy: I wouldn't say I deserve the 'hero' title yet. Nevertheless, we need to stop him.
Nick & Judy: Now the chapter 11!
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A breeze stirred dust into the tense atmosphere in Savanna Central as one of the escaping criminals that robbed the bank was killed by the silver chrome wolf, Bolt.
"Who's next? Better not lie or waste my time~" Right fist bopping left palm repeatedly, Bolt targeted the remaining three robbery criminals.
"Mind stepping aside?" He asked when Hybrid came to stand in his way.
"We won't let you harm anyone anymore." Hybrid struck a fighting pose.
"Is that so?" Bolt, stepping back, distanced himself from the armored cross-bred mammal slowly. Subsequently, Nick and Judy, sharing one body, lowered Hybrid's guard in a slightly confused manner.
Abruptly, Bolt sprinted, then jumped over Hybrid, giving a mock salute while passing above the united duo.
"Oh no, you don't." Nick exclaimed.
Hybrid reached upward to grab Bolt's ankle in the air and then flung him forward. The fallen wolf rolled twice on the ground to decrease the force of the throw before crouching down firmly.
The robbers considered the situation quite dangerous; hence, they aimed to abscond, walking away furtively.
"Stop right there! You're not going anywhere!" Judy turned around and shouted at them.
They promptly came to a halt. "Under dangerous circumstances, isn't a hero like you supposed to let us civilians get out?" The brown ferret robber protested.
"First! I'm not a hero. Second! You three are all criminals! Not merely civilians! So drop the money bags and stay put till the police come!" She fulminated, pointing the flamingo red armored right index finger at the ferret.
"Watch it, bunny~" Bolt, still crouching down, told Hybrid… Actually, he specified Judy. "Dang~ Getting chatty all the sudden… adds another reason why I can't let those guys go." The wolf dashed forwards. It looked like he was going after those three robbers again.
Hybrid hopped in front of Bolt to block his way. Strong rabbit legs allowed the armored mammal to jump high enough to the wolf's eye level with ease.
Unfortunately, it seemed that he predicted it. Bolt stretched his left arm out and took hold of Hybrid's face in one paw in mid air. The two amethyst stylish headlamps for eyes of Hybrid were covered by the big silver chrome palm.
Bolt then slammed Hybrid on the ground but before the doe rabbit body hit the concrete floor, Hybrid, paws extended, pushed the floor. Judy, taking control of the body, leglocked around the wolf's left arm, which made him lose his balance for a moment. Next, she, exerting a force to pull the legs along with the wolf downward, quickly threw him sprawling on the ground.
Hybrid unwrapped the legs around Bolt's arm, rolling away from him to put some distance before standing up.
"I see." Bolt raised himself gradually, "When it comes to pure strength, I'm no match for Hybrid light green form." brushing dirt on him off. "But I know just a thing to make up for it~" He sounded amused, then "Accel" uttered calmly.
Following that, the united duo saw Bolt briefly becoming a blur before they, facing up to the sky, flew away as if Hybrid had just got hit… Not as if… In reality, Hybrid had just unpreparedly got kicked in the front so hard that the armored mammal flew away and fell down on the ground.
Hybrid hastily kicked up. When the duo regained Hybrid's feet, they caught sight of the silver flash, Bolt approaching the armored mammal in a split second. Hybrid hurriedly backed away from Bolt by a jump. However, the wolf closed in like greased lightning, throwing a right hook punch at Hybrid who was still floating above the ground from jumping. The partners as one instinctively blocked his punch with the left arm.
As the punching force sent Hybrid to land on feet not far away, the armored rabbit feet rubbed against the concrete floor, leaving visible marks of friction. The left arm was shaking even though they did not feel the punch impact was that strong.
Not having time to take a breath, Hybrid was pursued by Bolt battering the armored mammal with fists. No time for thinking at all, the duo could only rely on the reflex to block the attack, waiting for a perfect opportunity to "ACTIVATE " press the syringe with the right paw in order to activate super strength and counterpunch the silver wolf.
Nevertheless, Bolt took a step back in time to avoid a blow. At that particular moment, Nick and Judy got a glimpse of electric sparks coming off from his paws. Simultaneously, they found that the left arm they used to block previous attacks turned numb.
"That wolf used electricity to attack…?" Nick murmured.
"Pretty much explain how he killed those Savages and the robber over there." Judy casted a glance at the jackal criminal lying lifelessly.
In the jackal's case, Bolt could send electricity running through the jackal's heart, resulting in it beating irregularly, which led to heart failure.
Hybrid's arm eventually recovered after shaking off. Subsequently, Bolt came at Hybrid again. This time however, Nick "ACTIVATE" teleported Hybrid. He merely responded to the thought that it was unacceptable to let his partner's body keep on taking damages despite rapid healing.
When Hybrid instantly moved to behind the silver chrome wolf, "Double Accel" he, uttering calmly, turned back and jumped like blazes on the armored mammal. The cross-breed was kicked in the side. The momentum sent Hybrid flying to fall down nearby the robbery criminals.
Dumbfounded, both Nick and Judy could not believe that the wolf was able to react to an instant transmission almost at once. At that point, Bolt leapt towards Hybrid , taking Judy's breath away. She was quite freaking out, so Nick decided to take a full control of the body " ACTIVATE " to activate enhanced speed, skedaddling like a scared rabbit.
He came to a stop several feet away from Bolt, who was in fact not after Hybrid but the remaining three criminals instead. "I'm not done with these guys yet~ Wouldn't mind if I take them with me, right?" The silver wolf carried them by force, sending non-fatal electric current through their brains to knock them out in order to prevent struggling. They dropped the money bags while losing consciousness.
A few moments later, a SUV car for rhino species arrived close by the wolf carrying the passed out mammals. "Ciao~" Bolt exclaimed. He got in a car, dragging others including the jackal dead body in, before the car left.
Afterwards, Hybrid's long rabbit ears picked up sound, Nick guessing that police and SCU team were heading towards them because they were not far from the scene of bank robbery, which it would be strange if those officers and agents did not hear the noise of battle.
"Carrots, we need to move now."
"M-mhm" Judy got hold of herself, running off into a community building area.
Hybrid detransformed, Nick and Judy then sneaked into trucks of two separated police cruisers. They returned to ZPD station before Judy decided to leave work early…, leaving Nick alone at the station.
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Since the previous day, the doe rabbit officer had barely talked. When the tod fox arrived at their cubicle in the morning, she was already there…, sitting quietly all by herself.
Nick sat down on a office chair next to her with an intention to initiate conversation. In spite of that, "Back then..." Judy was the one who broke the awkward silence.
"I was so scared… felt completely at a loss." She, trembling, referred to the fight with Bolt the silver chrome wolf.
"I totally forgot about those three mammals… If they end up with the same fate as that jackal, it's… it's my fault." She raised her legs, hugging her knees up to the chest.
"Judy..." Nick called his partner worriedly by her real name… not a nickname as usual.
The fox thought to himself. Although the mammal who ran away without second thought like a coward was me, she blames herself… He did not wish to see his bunny suffer… He reached his right paw out to the bunny with a desire to comfort her.
Before Nick could lay his paw on Judy, his stomach rumbled loud enough to attract her attention.
"Haven't eaten breakfast yet?" Cracking an awkward smile, she turned to her fox partner covering his tummy embarrassedly. "Let's feed the beast in your belly." She hopped off her chair.
"Way to go, dumb tum" He, sarcastically mumbling at his tummy, got off his chair as well, following the doe out of their small work area.
At the reception desk, Clawhauser the chubby cheetah officer had been concerned about Judy since he saw her drooping on previous day. He did not think he had the guts to ask what happened.
When the duo ambled through ZPD lobby, Clawhauser called to them. "Judy! Nick! Where are you going?"
They consequently swerved to the feline officer. "We're gonna get some grub." Nick replied while Judy was beaming at Clawhauser despite her evident droopy ears.
"May I go along with you two?" The cheetah begged.
Nick stood a glance at the doe, coming to a decision. Right now, She needs her friends. "Sure thing, pal" Putting paws in his pockets, he smirked.
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In one fast food restaurant of Bug-Burga franchise, Tundratown, Judy was reserving a table, sitting on an adult high chair for small mammal. To be frank, it was odd to see a herbivore prey such as her in a place best known for serving insect protein food for predators.
Meanwhile, Nick and Clawhauser were waiting near the counter for their ordered meals and a vegan smoothie which the cheetah gladly bought for the bunny.
"It's the same as before." Clawhauser, standing next to Nick, said.
The fox turned to the big cat who kept looking toward a french fry station behind the counter.
The feline officer continued, "After that three years ago press conference of missing mammals, she has been blaming herself for starting conflict between predators and preys… although Bellwether was culprit turning predators savage.
Even when you two saved the city by discovering the truth, which ultimately led to creating an antidote for the night howler serum and many praising you, calling you heroes..." speaking distressedly.
"She still doesn't accept the title 'hero'... because guilt complex keeps haunting her..." Nick was fully aware of the rest of the story. He as well as Clawhauser received their meals over the counter before returning to their table.
"Here's your smoothie, Judy." The cheetah placed a small cup of berry smoothie, equivalent to rabbit's large cup, right in front of the doe.
"Thanks a lot" She expressed her gratitude, taking hold of the drink.
"Don't mention it" The cheetah beckoned like a kitty cat.
During the time that the predatory cops were noshing, especially Clawhauser chomping on his bug burger, Nick, chewing ground-up insects with soft buns, gazed upon Judy sipping her smoothie absent-mindedly.
"In case you feel uncomfortable, let me know. I can accompany you to outside. Patty smell in here is rather strong." The fox told his bunny partner, worried that meat or insect- heavy restaurant atmosphere might discomfort a prey like her.
"I'm fine." The bunny drew a straw away from her mouth. "Actually, I feel better. The smell in here somehow… help clearing my mind..." She looked around, watching predators other than her friends sinking their sharp fangs into their food.
Clawhauser initially wanted to ask the duo about the mysterious silver chrome wolf but seeing Judy emotionally confused, he would rather inquire some other time. As for Nick, "Carrot-" he wished to reach out to her.
But suddenly, there was a clamor from a next-door shop. Responsibilities kicking in, three of the officers subsequently rushed out to check, discerning mammals in the fishmonger's shop stampeding.
"Savage! Savage!" Some cried.
"Where!?" The cops speedily got closer, turning left and right swiftly to in search of the monster.
When their eyes laid on a small purple furball sticking to the wall, they discerned what it was, a squirrel with independently mobile eyes of chameleon and toes covered in tufts of tiny hairs, Savage without a doubt.
"Oh, it looks so puny." Nick sounded let-down.
"Regardless of the size, it's still a threat. Benjamin, keep an eye on the situation." Judy, dragging Nick, hastened to the nearest alleyway where there was nobody else.
No word is needed. The tod, perceiving the doe's objective, belted a MidniDriver morpher around his waist. When she was about to put on hers, "Boy, rabbits sure are fast." the panting cheetah, tired from running, appeared at the mouth of the alley.
"What!? Why are you here!?" She was startled by the big cat.
"I wanna witness transformation with my own eyes." He made big 'please' eyes.
Sighing, "If that's so, please look after Nick" she put on the morpher.
"Say what?" The cheetah wondered what the bunny meant while the fox "DRAW BLOOD" pulled the silver syringe on the left side of his transformation gear.
"Catch me, Clawhauser" Out of the blue, the fox leant backward, so the cheetah leapt in to catch the falling fox.
The bunny "INJECT" pressed her syringe, causing her partner to fall asleep by the time he was caught by the fellow feline. "Transform" She announced, drawing cheetah's attention, before twisting the handle back "IGNITE".
"Hot! Hot! Hot!" Clawhauser, carrying an unconscious canine, moved farther away from Judy swallowed by scorching purple mist. He gaped at a morpher's core light shining in a thick fog followed by light of two headlamps at doe rabbit's eye level.
Once the mist faded away, a flamingo red armored amalgamation between a fox and a rabbit with light green torso and grayish-tan lower body, Hybrid Hustler form, was revealed.
Hybrid vaulted over Cheetah the much larger mammal easily, then hurried into the shop. Others immediately made way for the little red torpedo.
When the duo as one first entered the shop, they noticed an angeline wolverine covering her right paw, face twisted with pain. Hybrid therefore sped to the corner where she was sitting with a muskox.
"What's the matter?" Nick in the armored mammal body asked the angeline concernedly.
"She was bitten." The muskox answered in place of her.
Hybrid looked round for the monster. The duo saw the purple furball climbing walls briskly, having difficulty keeping track of its movement under a panic situation. Thus, they twisted the handle forth twice. "FORM SHIFT-ARCHER" MidniDriver emitted purple haze shrouding Hybrid before the united duo pivoted around to clear the haze, becoming the armored mammal with charcoal masquerade eye mask in a green leather tunic, Hybrid Archer form.
A monitor of this form can detect a rapid motion. Accordingly, they pinpointed the squirrel Savage behind seafood counter. Pressing the syringe to summon a bow in the left paw "ACTIVATE", Hybrid sprinted.
The screeching tiny monster climbed down the wall nimbly. There was a male scream of fear from under the counter. It could be presume that there was a male mammal hiding there.
Hybrid hurdled the counter, generating an arrow from the right wrist before firing it. When Hybrid landed on the floor, Judy was horrified to see a blood-soaked polar bear. Savages don't bleed, so how there's blood everywhere!? Or did I shoot him? She was trembling anxiously.
"Chill out, Carrots! It's just fish blood from a bucket." Nick shouted in a whisper. Judy eventually perceived that the arrow hit the bucket on the shelf which the Savage rushed to hide behind. As a result, it leaked the blood out on the bear.
The squirrel scampered out of the shop through a back door. Hybrid went posthaste after it. Since the duo traded Hustler form's speed for Archer form's monitor sensor, it was not easy task to catch up with the agile small monster. They followed it to the Bug-Burga restaurant, entering the kitchen from the back of the restaurant, which terrified the Bug-Burga staffs.
Hybrid drew the bow string back, determining on shooting another arrow. Once they released the arrow, it flew towards the purple target on the wall. However, it, one eye rotating to look at the armored mammal, bounced off the wall in time; hence, the arrowhead stabbed into the wall instead.
The monster jumped on mammals one after another, scaring them so much that they gave sharp cries.
At the time that a loud noise occured, the customers started to worry not long before worries grew to terrors when the squirrel Savage came in dining area. They were so frightened that they forgot to contact SCU. Some brought their phones up to live stream the event.
Hybrid hopped on the cashier counter, pulling the bow back to aim, revolving slowly. Nonetheless, any mammals around the areas that Hybrid aimed got petrified, freezing in place. At the moment Judy noticed mammals' horrified faces, she, lowering the bow down, was afraid of accidentally harming civilians with arrows.
In the interval, carrying a senseless fox in his arms, Clawhauser raced to in front of the restaurant. He looked into the place through its window.
Hybrid soon detected the Savage crawling on ceiling. Without delay, the duo shot the arrow up but the monster drop itself first, so the arrow, piercing in the ceiling, missed again. The purple squirrel landed on one puma's arm. He alarmedly shook it off rapidly and then yelped in pain when it finally fell off his arm to the table, leaving faint claw wounds on him.
Hybrid, pushing the syringe "ACTIVATE", sprang towards the table while grabbing a gladius sword that popped up out of thin air prior to stabbing the tip of it down with the goal to kill the tiny monster.
However, the Savage leapt off to stick on the wall a second ahead of Hybrid's attack. The archer armored mammal came down on the table.
Shortly after raising the head, Hybrid shrank back, taking a step away from the sword stuck in the table. Underneath the helmet, Judy became speechless on account of espying the startled puma terrified to the point he shed tears.
Nick in bunny's body sensed insecurity surged up within her. Judy was evidently afraid of messing up, causing others' misery. At any rate, to make the world a better place, she still could not ignore those who need help.
"Nick" She breathed, "I'm no hero." looking at animals around her, "But if..." looking into their eyes which expressed hopes… They were counting on Hybrid, a mysterious stranger from their point of view.
"-mammals see us as a hero,-" Judy twisted the handle back. "CRITICAL BREAK" Hybrid's right palm glowed.
"I'd have to act like one." She spoke softly yet determinedly. Hybrid drew the sword from the table. Once the armored mammal grasped a grip of the sword, the paw transferred a glow to its blade.
Hybrid's monitor began to calculate the squirrel Savage's movement. It was scuttling on the wall. Hybrid Archer form raised and drew the bow, using the glowing sword as an arrow.
Savage moved to front window of the restaurant. Hybrid released the sword. It flew across the restaurant like the wind to pierce through the fleet-footed tiny monster.
Finally, the Savage, stabbed to the window, was meeting its end. It vaporized while the window was cracking.
Everything happened so fast that eyewitnesses could not comprehend what just occurred.
After the bewildering moments, Clawhauser, holding fox body with one arm, was clapping outside the restaurant. By and by, others gave Hybrid a round of applause.
"Are you smiling?" Nick asked Judy in a low voice.
"No" Her cheeks radiated heat.
"I can feel it.~"
"Quit it!" She ran to exit the back door, pulling the syringe to detransform. The suit of armor let purple steam out, causing a diversion that helped her escape.
On the cheetah side, "Oh, you're back! How are you? What about Judy?" he felt the fox woke up, regaining his senses.
"Hang on." The tod fox pressed his syringe to inject the blood, curing severe fatigue. "I'm fine and Carrots..." He swiftly put his morpher away, "she's doing better~" wearing a genuine relieved smile.
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7/3/2018: I would like to leave the note here before I forget. This fic is influenced by Masked rider series, especially Kamen rider W and Amazons. You will see why. Anyway, I'd also love to know your opinions, so please leave comments. Until next time~ Best wishes!
